Meaning of EXCHEQUER in English

a. ( often cap. ) the governmental department in charge of the public revenues.

b. (formerly) an office administering the royal revenues and determining all cases affecting them.

c. ( cap. ) Also called Court of Exchequer . an ancient common-law court of civil jurisdiction in which cases affecting the revenues of the crown were tried, now merged in the King's Bench Division of the High Court.

EXCHEQUER — The Exchequer is the department in the British government which is responsible for receiving, issuing, and accounting for money belonging …Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

EXCHEQUER — The ~ is the department in the British government which is responsible for receiving, issuing, and accounting for money belonging …Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык

EXCHEQUER — [noun] [U] - the exchequer (in Britain and some other countries) the department of the Treasury which receives and gives …Cambridge English vocab